Thanks to the advanced technology of Clarian Telemedicine, physician specialists from Clarian Health in Indianapolis can "meet" with patients and physicians hundreds of miles away -- without ever traveling to that location. Using advanced video conferencing technology, Clarian Telemedicine offers live, interactive consultations between patients and providers. Telemedicine users hail from many regions of Indiana -- Evansville, Bedford, Terre Haute, South Bend, Fort Wayne, Jasper and Martinsville.

Patients participating in Clarian Telemedicine experience the same level of service they would receive during an in-person visit to their physician. Patients visit a clinic in their local community and have a live "tele-appointment" with a Clarian specialist in Indianapolis -- from Methodist Hospital, Indiana University Hospital or Riley Hospital for Children.

Prior to a patient's visit, clinic personnel at the patient site provide all pertinent medical information to the Clarian physician. The telecommunication lines used to transmit the video and audio signals during the visit, also transmit clinical files -- EEGs, X-rays and echocardiograms -- so that the physician specialist has all the necessary and appropriate clinical information for each patient. "Real time" patient diagnostic information is shared with the help of digital clinical devices such as a digital stethoscope.

Participating physicians will then send the visit dictations back to the clinic so that patient charts can be updated. Clinic nurses are present during every visit to assist the off-site provider and provide follow-up instructions to the patient based on the physician's recommendations.